TY - GEN AB - While Chinese dance is a popular dance genre among Chinese teenagers and adults, little is known regarding the prevalence of dance-related injuries or factors associated with such injuries among Chinese dance practitioners. The current cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of dance-related injuries and their associated risk factors among young Chinese dance practitioners in Hong Kong. Online surveys were distributed to dancers through local dance associations, while paper-based surveys were distributed to young Chinese dance performers during the 54th School Dance Festival in Hong Kong. Self-reported hours of dancing, injuries in the last 12 months, injury sites, and related factors were collected. The injury rate, 12-month prevalence of dance-related injuries were determined. Risk factors for common dance injuries were analyzed using separate multivariate regression models. A total of 175 children (aged 10–14 years) and 118 young (aged 15–24 years) Chinese dance practitioners provided their dance injury information. Young dancers had a significantly higher injury rate (6.5 injuries vs 4.6 injuries/1000 dance hours) and 12-month prevalence (52.5% vs 19.4%) than their child counterparts. The most commonly injured sites were the knee (children:7.4%; young:15.3%), lower back (children: 4.6%; young: 9.5%), and ankles (children: 5.1%; young: 16.9%). Age was a significant independent risk factor for dance-related injuries to the upper back, lower back, and pelvis/buttock (odds ratios ranging from 1.2 to 1.3/additional years). Additionally, height was a significant independent risk factor for lower limb injury (odds ratios ranging from 1.0–1.1/additional centimeter). Collectively, young Chinese dance practitioners are more vulnerable to dance-related injuries than are child dancers. Older age increases the risk of trunk injuries, whereas taller dancers are more likely to sustain lower-limb injuries. Future research should determine the mechanisms underlying dance-related injuries among these dancers. AD - Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China AD - Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China AD - Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago AD - Department of Health Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia AD - Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia AD - Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China AD - HESAV School of Health Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland AD - Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia AD - Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China AU - Hung, Ryan K.H. AU - Yung, Patrick S.H. AU - Ling, Samuel K.K. AU - Samartzis, Dino AU - Chan, Cliffton AU - Hiller, Claire AU - Cheung, Esther T.C. AU - Schoeb, Veronika AU - Surgenor, Brenton AU - Wong, Arnold Y.L. DA - 2023-11 DO - 10.1097/md.0000000000036052 DO - DOI EP - art. e36052 ID - 13395 JF - Medicine KW - Chinese dance KW - dance injury KW - epidemiology KW - injury rate KW - musculoskeletal pain KW - risk factors L1 - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/13395/files/Hung_2023_prevalence_of_dance_related_injuries.pdf L2 - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/13395/files/Hung_2023_prevalence_of_dance_related_injuries.pdf L4 - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/13395/files/Hung_2023_prevalence_of_dance_related_injuries.pdf LA - eng LK - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/13395/files/Hung_2023_prevalence_of_dance_related_injuries.pdf N2 - While Chinese dance is a popular dance genre among Chinese teenagers and adults, little is known regarding the prevalence of dance-related injuries or factors associated with such injuries among Chinese dance practitioners. The current cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of dance-related injuries and their associated risk factors among young Chinese dance practitioners in Hong Kong. Online surveys were distributed to dancers through local dance associations, while paper-based surveys were distributed to young Chinese dance performers during the 54th School Dance Festival in Hong Kong. Self-reported hours of dancing, injuries in the last 12 months, injury sites, and related factors were collected. The injury rate, 12-month prevalence of dance-related injuries were determined. Risk factors for common dance injuries were analyzed using separate multivariate regression models. A total of 175 children (aged 10–14 years) and 118 young (aged 15–24 years) Chinese dance practitioners provided their dance injury information. Young dancers had a significantly higher injury rate (6.5 injuries vs 4.6 injuries/1000 dance hours) and 12-month prevalence (52.5% vs 19.4%) than their child counterparts. The most commonly injured sites were the knee (children:7.4%; young:15.3%), lower back (children: 4.6%; young: 9.5%), and ankles (children: 5.1%; young: 16.9%). Age was a significant independent risk factor for dance-related injuries to the upper back, lower back, and pelvis/buttock (odds ratios ranging from 1.2 to 1.3/additional years). Additionally, height was a significant independent risk factor for lower limb injury (odds ratios ranging from 1.0–1.1/additional centimeter). Collectively, young Chinese dance practitioners are more vulnerable to dance-related injuries than are child dancers. Older age increases the risk of trunk injuries, whereas taller dancers are more likely to sustain lower-limb injuries. Future research should determine the mechanisms underlying dance-related injuries among these dancers. PY - 2023-11 SN - 0025-7974 SP - art. e36052 T1 - Prevalence of dance-related injuries and associated risk factors among children and young Chinese dance practitioners TI - Prevalence of dance-related injuries and associated risk factors among children and young Chinese dance practitioners UR - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/13395/files/Hung_2023_prevalence_of_dance_related_injuries.pdf VL - 102 Y1 - 2023-11 ER -